Raonsecure expands digital ID in Indonesia, South Korea
Raonsecure has won a contract to implement a decentralized digital identity (DID) system and demonstrate its use with Indonesia’s public…
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Korean regulators plan formal framework for biometrics as use cases expand
The scope of biometric technologies is often boiled down to facial recognition and ID verification. But in Korea, as biometric…
Cameroon gets $4.8M South Korea grant to advance civil registration modernization project
Cameroon’s Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Alamine Ousmane Mey, recently signed an agreement with the government of…
Asian banks deploy biometrics and digital ID for security, additional services
As digital identity gains prominence in a financial industry beset by fraud, nations in Asia are enabling banks to lead…
South Korea expands mobile ID to overseas residents
South Korea is making its mobile identification cards available to its nationals living overseas. The mobile ID card service will…
World Bank officials discuss using Korea’s national digital ID as a model
Officials of the state-owned Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corporation (KOMSCO) and those of a World Bank…
Efforts to provide digital ID for access to govt services advance
As countries work to facilitate the way their citizens, both home and abroad, can access public services or complete online…
Samsung Wallet now supports mobile drivers licenses in South Korea
Samsung Wallet is the first privately-run mobile app to introduce the South Korean government’s mobile ID cards, including mobile driver’s…
Deepfakes proliferate across Asia during busy election year
An editorial in South Korea’s Chosun Daily shows the scale of illegal deepfake activity ahead of April elections in the…
South Korea privacy regulator to investigate Worldcoin’s biometrics handling
Another government is raising an eyebrow at Worldcoin’s iris biometrics bonanza. The Republic of Korea’s Personal Information Protection Committee (PIPC)…
